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If one of my parents has green eyes, does that mean i also carry the green eye gene?

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Possibly: There are many genes that influence eye color, and the green eye color is complex. Rather than the iris just being green, the color is from a combination of an amber or light brown pigmentation of the iris stroma with a low or moderate concentration of melanin, with the blue tone coming from scattering of reflected light (thus appearing green). You probably have some of the involved genes.

Dr Vogel agreed

Answered 3/20/2013

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